The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-11-24
MINNESOTA NEWS ITEMS.

II
The personal property In the city Of Red
Wing 10 assessed 1t $528, At and the real
estate at $1,89l ,O86.
The American Loan and Trust company
Of Duluth, with capital stock OF $780,.
600. fled articles Of Incorporation with
tho secretary Of state.
Dry wells are reported In Steel, and
neighboring counties.
J. C.. Waite. eldest son OF Senator b. C.
Waite OF St. Cloud, died Of pneumonia.
He bad been sick for week. Mr.. Waite
one OF st. Clouds most prominent bust.
! ness men. having almost entire control Of
HE fathers milling and real estate bust.
ness. He was married and had one child.
At the meeting at Waaeca OF the South
ern Minnesota Dental association. the fol.
lowing officers wore elected: President, DR..
H. Robertson, Wabasha; vice president,
Dr.. C. H. Stearns, Zumbrota; secretary.
DR.. D. T. McGraw. Mankato;- treasurer. DR..
| meeting will be hold in Mankato.
At Albert Lsa, the Western Star Lodge
| No. 26. A. F. and A. NJ. has been organised
thirty years, and a banquet in honor OF
the anniversary was held.
Pipestone voted $40. 900 bonds for va.
ter works, the vote standing lit for and
| 81 against. The cnntract il let to Du-
buque frm.
At St. Peter, tho safes OF the first Ma.
| tionai bank were opened and tho contents
! which represent $4,000 were found in Q
good condition. The sales OF A. j. Lam.
berton, A. A. Stone and J. II. Treadwell
were also opened and the ccntenss found
to be all right. Those who were rendered
destitute are under the care Of interested
citizens. and everything 10 being done that
| can be done to assist those in need. There
| is d feeling Of congratulation now that tho
! fire was no worse.
Red Wing people are demanding tho re-
moval OF the State Reform School. ana ii
| 10 probable the present site and buildings
will soon be sold.
At Fergus Falls, an indictment was
| found against Nils Olsod Holong. who
murdered Lille Field of St. OLAF. a sixteen.
year old girl, last spring. The indictment
| was for murder in the first degree.
The grand jury at Morris. Stevens coun.
ty. returned three indictments one against
Patrick A. Mccarthy, president OF the
Stevens County Abstract and Real Estate
agency. for grand larceny # ON the agency.
| one against Percy Frisby for indecent a.
sault upon a young girl. and one against
Charles Grassman Tor assault with a dan
gerous weapon.
John Hopkins, a young man eighteen
years old, living in Belgrade. Niccolet
county, was found dead in a slough near
his home. He had been out hunting. and
the gun had evidently discharged accident
He was the son OF Charles Hopkins, y
wealthy farmer OF Belgrade.
The Strong & Miller elevator ut Watson.
containing Is, 900 bushels OF wheat. was
burned.
The state board of railroad and ware
house commission have issued Il circular,
which was ordered sent to the general man.
ager of all the railroads in Minnesota.
calling attention to the recent tests
a; Minneapolis of a car-beating device, and
asking that the railroads themselves sug-
gest tests for further experiments and in
viting them to take part in the proposed
er he named. but which should not take
place later than Dec. I.
The craze to run into lawsuits, by tres
pnss on the Northern Pacific idemnity
lands, 10 setting in in Brainerd. People are
Quitting into the Mile Laos region, and
also going north into the pine, on filings
made both here, with the clerk OF court.
and at the St. Cloud land office. Clerk 0!
Court Alderman invariably advises each
means lawsuit in each case, and yet
this was OF but little effect.
At Anoka, Il great sensation was caused
by the raid OF tho police on a gambling
room. Eight well.known citizens paid
$3.50 fines.
The Attorney General of the State de-
cides that counties which have accepted
the gopher and blackbird bounty bill Of
1887. can rescind the Same. He also de.
cides that the passage OF that law super
seeded section 70, page 1923, Of the
th.v Statutes nn,.- OF hava ISIS a9d
to act under the latter provision
Tho public examiner finds that some OF
the counties are paying bounties under
both laws, or a compound bounty under
the act VI 1877 and also that OF 1887.
This the attorney general decides is illegal.
and that the act OF ! 377 was superseded
by that of 1887. That is, bounties can be
legally paid ouly under the latter act, and
then only when its pro DIVISIONS have been &C.
eepted by the local board and such accept
ance has not been rescinded.
In regard to report OF the resignation
OF Warden Stordock Of the State Prison.
Gov. McGill says: Warden Stordock has
surrendered control OF the prison until the
entire prison trouble. including the individ.
ual suits brought against him, have been
settled. Until that time Deputy Warden
Westby will have full control. Stordock
says he will not reign ''under fire."
At Sank Center, Ammy Hall was killed
instantly by wing a freight train back
into him as he Was driving his bus over
sidetrack.
News from Marquette says seventy
miles of track on thu Duluth, South Shore
e. Atlantic haye been laid westerly from
Nestoria, Mich, leaving ninety miles to be
built to bring the road to Duluth.
The defense in the case OF William and
Herman Flicker. charged with the murder
Of DR.. William Brown, oi Fridley. moved
for n dismissal at Anoka. Justice Hughes
promptly rendered his decision. which was
that the proof did not clearly satisfy MIN
that murder had been committed. and tho
prisoners were discharged.
At Wabaaha, Otto Brown and Barney
McVey, convicted OF larceny, were SEN
fenced by Judge Start to two years each
at Saltwater. William Poole, for assault
with intent to kill. waf sentenced to Still
water for three years. Harrison Poole,
indicted for assault with dangerous
weapon. was acquitted.
At Kasota, burglars forced open C. ".
Babcock saie and obtained $42.
Pat Killsn knocked out Jack Davis at
Rochester in the second round.
Minneapolis lawyer creates a sensa-
ton by Withdrawing q case because his
client deceived him.
Will Hampson, a brakeman. was killed
on the Manitoba. near Hutchinson. He
has q mother at Rochester.
billiard and Anna Bruins, aged fifty. resi-.
dents of indianapolis, and dependent upon
| charity for twelve years. have been notified
that they are heirs to q Pennsylvania e.
=, tate consisting Of coal mines and lands
| worth over 81 ZOO, 900.
! In sermon at Hartford. Rev. J. Kim.
: ball. pastor VI the Unity church. spoke In
4; favor Of the executed anarchists, compar-
ing their execution to the cruciixiun OF
Christ. The church will probably take &C
! ton.